Dogs Understand Tone And Meaning Of Words

Dogs understand not just the tone, but also the meaning of words.“Dogs process both what we say and how we say it in a way which is amazingly similar to how human brains do.”

This is a key theme in the Singularity’s Children series – forget aliens for the time being (its OK, calm down, they are coming!) we are already not alone – animals are much smarter than we give them credit for.

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